MT 304 Field Specifications

20. Field 21A: Reference to Opening Instruction

FORMAT

Option A

16x

PRESENCE

Conditional (see rule C8) in mandatory sequence A

DEFINITION

This field contains the identification of the NDF opening instruction, to which the current valuation message is related, that is, the sender's reference in field 20 of the opening confirmation.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

This field must not start or end with a slash '/' and must not contain two consecutive slashes '//' (Error code(s): T26).